OggCamp '19
18 - 20 Oct 2019
at Manchester Conference Centre
Talk comments
Another great talk at OggCamp that fuses creative use of data with interesting development tools 🏃♂️🏃♀️
Very interesting, but couldn't stay for the full hour (it was only showing as 30mins on the schedule).
Too much focus on single topic of education
Great practical skills
Wasn't what expected but fun
Rachel's talk 'The power of change - learning to live as a "weirdo"' was really quite amazing.
It's a difficult thing to talk about mental health, especially to those of us who aren't very close to it to understand what it's like, but Rachel knocked it out of the park with a great illustration of what autism can be like in terms of the reality of the spectrum and the many different effects it can have.
We started with a bit of humour and a funny title, but she took us through a journey of autism, ADHD, depression, and spun a really intriguing story.
There was a great mix of humour alongside this serious topic, and I love that Rachel ended with two thoughts - she realised that she didn't want to be "normal" but wanted to be authentic, and that:
> no one interesting is normal
I'd urge you to see this talk if you're able to catch it again!
Good discussion on the media versus the reality.